List of contributors
Metaphor and Mills: Figurative language in business and economics.
Introduction
Honesto Herrera-Soler and Michael White
Section Ⅰ
Metaphor in economic theory and in economics as an academic
discipline
From barter to coin: Shifting cognitive frames in classical Greek economy
Paloma Tejada Caller and Antonio Guzman Guerra
Metaphor and economic thought: A historical perspective
Nicolaas T.O. Mouton
Towards a better understanding of metaphorical networks in the language
of economics: The importance of theory-constitutive metaphors
Catherine Resche
Metaphors of the Brazilian Economy from 1964 to 2010
Tony Berber Sardinha
Section Ⅱ
Cultural filters in contrastive studies
Mandarin Chinese translation of English economic metaphors: A cross-
linguistic study of conceptually related economic terms
Siaw-Fong Chung
Translating metaphor in business/economics dictionary articles:
What the theory says and what lexicographers should do
Pedro A. Fuertes-Olivera and Marisol Velasco-Sacristan
The use of verbal and gestural metaphor in explanations of management
theory
Jeannette Littlernore
”Bigger, a lot bigger, massively much bigger”: A comparative study
of hyperbole in business and economics lectures
Belinda Crawford Camiciottoli
Section Ⅲ
Metaphor in the economy and business in practice
The perfect storm: An imperfect metaphor
Philip Eubanks
Framing a bank: Reputation management during financial crises
Lise-Lotte Holmgreen
Metaphor and knowledge specialization in business management:
The case of project management discourse
Hanna Skorczynska
Metaphor as an instrument of linguistic and social identity
co-construction in business development networks (BDNs)
Hana Blazkova